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A visitor center is located two miles from the entrance to Chiricahua National Monument. It is open daily from 8:30-4:30 pm Mountain Standard Time. The visitor center has exhibits relating to the geology, natural history and cultural history of the area. There is also a bookstore / gift shop located in the visitor center and an outdoor bathroom facility and drinking fountain. A park ranger is accessible during the open hours and can provide you with a free guide on the trails within the monument, broken down into three categories: Easy Hikes, Moderate Hikes, and Strenuous Hikes. There are approximately 17 miles of trails which take you through varying ecosystems of meadows, forest and rock formations.

The visitor center has a free Hiker Shuttle that leaves each morning at 9:00am. This shuttle takes hikers to the Echo Canyon or Massai Point trailheads. Hikers can then return to the visitor center by following the designated trails. [4]

Located approximately 36 miles (58 km) southeast of Willcox, Arizona, the monument preserves the remains of an immense volcanic eruption that shook the region about 27 million years ago. The thick white-hot ash spewed forth from the nearby Turkey Creek Caldera, cooled and hardened into rhyolitic tuff, laying down almost two thousand feet of dark volcanic ash and pumice, highly siliceous in nature, which eventually eroded into the natural features that we see at the monument today.[5]